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But do Russians really want to tickle their vanity at the
expense
of the long-term interests of our economically devastated country?
In fact, the ECB’s perceived reluctance to follow suit is likely to add to the expected growth effects of US or British monetary-policy choices, at the
expense
of the eurozone.
For example, investors holding derivatives and repo contracts with a weakened financial institution can grab the firm’s assets ahead of – and at the
expense
of – its regular creditors, possibly sealing its fate, when, with a little extra time, the firm might have survived.
Whether Socrates’ humility was sincere or a secret joke at the
expense
of the powers that be (before said powers put him to death after tiring of his irreverence), the point is that the beginning of wisdom lies in the recognition of how little we really know.
This year, new investigations, including by the World Health Organization, showed that major tobacco companies like Philip Morris have continued to use covert and illicit tactics to advance their business interests, at the
expense
of public health.
In his view, the costs of dealing with runaway global warming would far exceed the
expense
of addressing it early.
At the same time, he would expand the military, spending more money on weapons that do not work against enemies that do not exist, enriching defense contractors like Halliburton at the
expense
of desperately needed public investment in infrastructure and education.
And will China’s coastal export interests again prevail in exchange rate policy decisions, at the
expense
of poor inland consumers?
Such extraordinary fiscal largesse, all at taxpayers’ expense, cannot continue indefinitely.
Of course, democracies have a long history of over-rewarding current voters at the
expense
of future generations, but the current scale and scope of fiscal largess is mistimed to both the trend and cycle of the US economy.
Even today, boards are sometimes choosing to defend their reputations at the
expense
of basic human decency.
Those at the top, in such cases, are enriched at the direct
expense
of those at the bottom.
The US (and other industrial countries) could argue that it has high levels of unemployment and should be free to adopt policies that boost growth, even at the
expense
of growth in emerging markets.
Trump’s policies embody mean-spirited priorities that are widely backed by the Republican Party in the US Congress: slash taxes for the rich at the
expense
of programs to help the poor and working class; increase military spending at the
expense
of diplomacy; and allow for the destruction of the environment in the name of “deregulation.”
But comprehensiveness can come at the
expense
of effective action.
At the same time, some SDGs may be in conflict, if progress in one area comes at the
expense
of others.
In the Ukrainian crisis, unlike in the Israel-Palestine conflict, negotiators do not have to settle for flimsy agreements – intended to save as many lives as possible in the short run – at the
expense
of important principles and long-run peace prospects.
Bitcoin, with its capacity for anonymity, could certainly help to make the global financial system more secure, saving consumers and businesses significant inconvenience and
expense.
It would also allow other Asian countries to let their currencies rise or expand their exports at the
expense
of Chinese producers.
Corporations have benefited massively from these stimulus measures, but at the
expense
of the working population.
But the bilateral deals that have emerged from this race sometimes come at the
expense
of other Union members, and may unbalance relations within the Union as a whole.
The reason is simple: The world’s largest companies relentlessly – and rather successfully – pursue their own profits, all too often at the
expense
of economic fairness and the environment.
After the 2008 financial crisis, many Chinese expressed the mistaken belief that the US was in terminal decline, and that China should be more assertive – particularly in pursuing its maritime claims in the South China Sea – at the
expense
of America’s allies and friends.
Until then, wasting enormous sums of money at the
expense
of the world’s poor is no solution at all.
And it continues to rely on the unemployment rate as a stand-in for the state of the labor market, at the
expense
of other indicators.
That fiscal impulse, coupled with high commodity prices and abundant credit, continues to fuel economic growth today – often at the
expense
of stability and growth tomorrow.
Under free-market competition, one country’s successes in science and technology should not come at others’
expense.
A strong relationship with Russia need not come at the
expense
of relations with America and the West, and vice versa.
Still, giving priority to education and health care should not be at the
expense
of other public programs - such as sanitation and rural road-building - that may be just as important for reducing poverty.
The share of income going to capital has been rising, at the
expense
of labor.
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